** Well - alternate ''show'' interpretation, really. Much like shows such as ''My Super Sweet Sixteen'', it's not entirely clear whether the program was made to glorify the people it stars and their actions, or whether it keeps its tongue firmly in its cheek, casts a knowing glance at the audience and mouths, "Look how psychotic these folk are!" ** The ''Viking Shores'' previews even had Nordic whalers angrily asking the crew "Who's going to feed this nation? You?" to point out that some of the whale hunting done is done for reasons people are more likely approve of--namely, ''feeding people.''

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** Well - -- alternate ''show'' interpretation, really. Much like shows such as ''My Super Sweet Sixteen'', it's not entirely clear whether the program was made to glorify the people it stars and their actions, or whether it keeps its tongue firmly in its cheek, casts a knowing glance at the audience audience, and mouths, "Look how psychotic these folk folks are!" ** The ''Viking Shores'' previews even had Nordic whalers angrily asking the crew "Who's going to feed this nation? You?" to point out that some of the whale hunting done is done for reasons that people are more likely to approve of--namely, of -- namely, ''feeding people.''

* InternetBackdraft: When the main page says the show is controversial, ''[[{{Understatement}} it's not fucking kidding!]]'' A major reason the main page is locked was because of the massive {{Flame War}}s that ensued upon its creation, from those for and against whaling, those who find the shows casts a horrible exaggeration of an AnimalWrongsGroup, verging on terrorist territory, those who feel their hearts are in the right place, but going about it in an incredibly terrible way, and ''everywhere and anywhere in between''. It is ''not'' wise to bring this show up ''anywhere'' on the net, '''[[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment and that's all we're saying about that.]]'''* RefugeInAudacity: On one occasion, when the whalers hear about Watson's claim that their presence stops them from killing and processing whales, so what do they do? They do it right in front of them.* RootingForTheEmpire: A somewhat literal case (given the fact that Japan is still technically an Empire), as you won't have to go long to find a few hundred pro-Japanese sites that are practically ([[VocalMinority and occasionally literally]]) screaming for the blood of those on the Steve Irwin. Even more with the Norse whalers since they are doing subsistence hunting, thus not in for profit, killing whales for Lulz, or even cold blooded research.

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* InternetBackdraft: When the main page says the show is controversial, ''[[{{Understatement}} it's not fucking kidding!]]'' A major reason the main page is locked was because of the massive {{Flame War}}s that ensued upon its creation, from those for and against whaling, those who find the shows show casts a horrible exaggeration of an AnimalWrongsGroup, verging on [[EcoTerrorist terrorist territory, territory]], those who feel their hearts are in the right place, but going about it in an incredibly terrible way, and ''everywhere and anywhere in between''. It is ''not'' wise to bring this show up ''anywhere'' on the net, '''[[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment and that's all we're saying about that.]]'''* RefugeInAudacity: On one occasion, when the whalers hear about Watson's claim that their presence stops them from killing and processing whales, so what do they do? They do it right ''right in front of them.them''.* RootingForTheEmpire: A somewhat literal case (given the fact that Japan is still technically an Empire), as you won't have to go long to find a few hundred pro-Japanese sites that are practically ([[VocalMinority and occasionally literally]]) screaming for the blood of those on the Steve Irwin. Even more with the Norse whalers whalers, since they are doing subsistence hunting, thus not in it for profit, [[ForTheEvulz killing whales for Lulz, Lulz]], or even cold blooded research.[[ForScience cold-blooded research]].

* InternetBackdraft: When the main page says the show is controversial, ''[[{{Understatement}} it's not fucking kidding!]]'' A major reason the main page is locked was because of the massive {{Flame War}}s that ensued upon it's creation, from those for and against whaling, those who find the shows casts a horrible exaggeration of an AnimalWrongsGroup, verging on terrorist territory, those who feel their hearts are in the right place, but going about it in an incredibly terrible way, and ''everywhere and anywhere in between''. It is ''not'' wise to bring this show up ''anywhere'' on the net, '''[[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment and that's all we're saying about that.]]'''

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* InternetBackdraft: When the main page says the show is controversial, ''[[{{Understatement}} it's not fucking kidding!]]'' A major reason the main page is locked was because of the massive {{Flame War}}s that ensued upon it's its creation, from those for and against whaling, those who find the shows casts a horrible exaggeration of an AnimalWrongsGroup, verging on terrorist territory, those who feel their hearts are in the right place, but going about it in an incredibly terrible way, and ''everywhere and anywhere in between''. It is ''not'' wise to bring this show up ''anywhere'' on the net, '''[[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment and that's all we're saying about that.]]'''

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Well - alternate ''show'' interpretation, really. Much like shows such as ''My Super Sweet Sixteen'', it's not entirely clear whether the program was made to glorify the people it stars and their actions, or whether it keeps its tongue firmly in its cheek, casts a knowing glance at the audience and mouths, "Look how psychotic these folk are!"

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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: AlternateCharacterInterpretation:** Well - alternate ''show'' interpretation, really. Much like shows such as ''My Super Sweet Sixteen'', it's not entirely clear whether the program was made to glorify the people it stars and their actions, or whether it keeps its tongue firmly in its cheek, casts a knowing glance at the audience and mouths, "Look how psychotic these folk are!"

* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop / WarpedAesop: This show seems to give the message that, instead of using diplomacy and enforcing regulations on whale hunting, having a hack team of environmentalists using violent and controversial means is more effective.

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* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop / WarpedAesop: FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: This show seems to give the message that, instead of using diplomacy and enforcing regulations on whale hunting, having a hack team of environmentalists using violent and controversial means is more effective.

* RefugeInAudacity: One one occasion, when the whalers hear about Watson's claim that their presence stops them from killing and processing whales, so what do they do? They do it right in front of them.

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* RefugeInAudacity: One On one occasion, when the whalers hear about Watson's claim that their presence stops them from killing and processing whales, so what do they do? They do it right in front of them.

* InternetBackdraft: When the main page says the show is controversial, ''[[{{Understatement}} it's not fucking kidding!]]'' A major reason the main page is locked was because of the massive {{Flame War}}s that ensued upon it's creation, from those for and against whaling, those who find the shows casts a horrible exaggeration of an AnimalWrongsGroup, verging on terrorist territory, those who feel their hearts are in the right place, but going about it in an incredibly terrible way, and ''everywhere and anywhere in between''. It is ''not'' wise to bring this show up ''anywhere'' on the net, and '''[[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment and that's all we're saying about that.]]'''

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* InternetBackdraft: When the main page says the show is controversial, ''[[{{Understatement}} it's not fucking kidding!]]'' A major reason the main page is locked was because of the massive {{Flame War}}s that ensued upon it's creation, from those for and against whaling, those who find the shows casts a horrible exaggeration of an AnimalWrongsGroup, verging on terrorist territory, those who feel their hearts are in the right place, but going about it in an incredibly terrible way, and ''everywhere and anywhere in between''. It is ''not'' wise to bring this show up ''anywhere'' on the net, and '''[[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment and that's all we're saying about that.]]'''

* InternetBackdraft: When the main page says the show is controversial, ''[[{{Understatement}} it's not fucking kidding!]]'' A major reason the main page is locked was because of the massive {{Flame War}}s that ensued upon it's creation, from those for and against whaling, those who find the shows casts a horrible exaggeration of an AnimalWrongsGroup, verging on terrorist territory, those who feel their hearts are in the right place, but going about it in an incredibly terrible way, and ''everywhere and anywhere in between''. It is ''not'' wise to bring this show up ''anywhere'' on the net, and '''[[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment and that's all we're saying about that.]]'''

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Well - alternate ''show'' interpretation, really. Much like shows such as ''My Super Sweet Sixteen'', it's not entirely clear whether the program was made to glorify the people it stars, or whether it keeps its tongue firmly in its cheek, casts a knowing glance at the audience and mouths, "Look how psychotic these folk are!"

to:

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Well - alternate ''show'' interpretation, really. Much like shows such as ''My Super Sweet Sixteen'', it's not entirely clear whether the program was made to glorify the people it stars, stars and their actions, or whether it keeps its tongue firmly in its cheek, casts a knowing glance at the audience and mouths, "Look how psychotic these folk are!"

* RefugeInAudacity: When the whalers hear about Watson's claim that their presence stops them from killing and processing whales, so what do they do? They do it right in front of them.

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* RefugeInAudacity: When One one occasion, when the whalers hear about Watson's claim that their presence stops them from killing and processing whales, so what do they do? They do it right in front of them.

** One of the problems arises from the fact that the alleged poachers they are harassing either cannot and have not been proven to be poaching (int he case of the Japanese) or flatly are not (like the Norse), and that Watson has gone on the record excusing many actual cases of poaching (especially by indigenous locals).

Reason: Bullshit, the lot of it. Japanese are in violation of several treaties, sea shepherd has interfered with \"native\" hunts before, ect.

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